General Rivals of Ixalan (RIX) Spoilers
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Onderzeeboot
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There's been a few cool spoilers tonight:
Enrage - Whenever ~ is dealt damage, exile target creature an opponent controls until ~ leaves the battlefield.
The pirate synergy might or might not be something, but a well-statted flash, deathtouch man with a relevant creature type might be exciting enough without the pirate rider anyway?
Nasty with fight effects and pump. This can grow out of control quickly! Also, cool art
Enrage - Whenever ~ is dealt damage, exile target creature an opponent controls until ~ leaves the battlefield.
The pirate synergy might or might not be something, but a well-statted flash, deathtouch man with a relevant creature type might be exciting enough without the pirate rider anyway?
Nasty with fight effects and pump. This can grow out of control quickly! Also, cool art
The pirate synergy might or might not be something, but a well-statted flash, deathtouch man with a relevant creature type might be exciting enough without the pirate rider anyway?
Very true! I guess it depends on design philophy because even though the card might have high enough power level for my cube, I will still not include it because I do not want to signals to the 8 players that they can go into a Pirate-route. Kind of the same way I feel about Mausoleum Wanderer and Rattlechains.
Nasty with fight effects and pump. This can grow out of control quickly! Also, cool art
As one who delved into Enrage early on, you must be very happy to see many of the cards spoiled the last three days!
Onderzeeboot
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As one who delved into Enrage early on, you must be very happy to see many of the cards spoiled the last three days!
Hahaha, too right I am!
I want moar dinosaurs, and WotC is delivering Pyrohemia is getting closer and closer to inclusion!
Onderzeeboot
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Oh boy!
First strike
When ~ etb, exile target instant or sorcery card in an opponent's graveyard. You may cast it this turn and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any type to cast that spell. If that spell would go into a greveyard, exile it instead.
That looks really cool actually! The base is already great in an aggressive shell, so the etb ability is just upside. And it exiles anyway, so at least it's graveyard hate. Neat!
First strike
When ~ etb, exile target instant or sorcery card in an opponent's graveyard. You may cast it this turn and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any type to cast that spell. If that spell would go into a greveyard, exile it instead.
That looks really cool actually! The base is already great in an aggressive shell, so the etb ability is just upside. And it exiles anyway, so at least it's graveyard hate. Neat!
There's been a few cool spoilers tonight:
So if this was the green doom blade:
and this is actual doom blade:
and this is the Pirate's Blade:
Then we need to add some poison:
Wait...
Pirate's Cutlass + Vial of Poison = Ambush Viper
This shall be now known as the new
I rest my case.
Oh boy!
First strike
When ~ etb, exile target instant or sorcery card in an opponent's graveyard. You may cast it this turn and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any type to cast that spell. If that spell would go into a greveyard, exile it instead.
That looks really cool actually! The base is already great in an aggressive shell, so the etb ability is just upside. And it exiles anyway, so at least it's graveyard hate. Neat!
This is great! Can't wait to toss this in the cube
Oh boy!
First strike
When ~ etb, exile target instant or sorcery card in an opponent's graveyard. You may cast it this turn and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any type to cast that spell. If that spell would go into a greveyard, exile it instead.
That looks really cool actually! The base is already great in an aggressive shell, so the etb ability is just upside. And it exiles anyway, so at least it's graveyard hate. Neat!
Snatchcaster Mage? Backcaster Mage? Snapcaster Thief?
Woah, desert hate for my Rx control decks! Seems like a really neat counterplay/sideboard card, that remains maindeckable if you aren't running many utility lands.
I like Blood Sun quite a bit better than the moon. Shuts off primarily fetchlands, but still allows you to have fixing. Easy to build a mana base around, and punishes really greedy 3+ color manabases. Cool.
All that aside:
PARROT GRIFFIN
Edit: ALSO
So cute! Replacing my flame boys with this for sure.
All that aside:
PARROT GRIFFIN
Edit: ALSO
So cute! Replacing my flame boys with this for sure.
Ooook so apparently there was a rules change recently, and Blood Sun also stops 'as this enters' abilities? I need to get a little more solid confirmation, but this now would mean
Also just realized it draws you a card. What the heck?
- Shock land = ABU dual (no enters tapped)
- Bouncelands enter untapped and no bounce!!! This could legitimately be a reason to include it in a list. sweet build around potential there?
- Stops cavern of souls etc.
- Cycling lands ETB untapped!
Also just realized it draws you a card. What the heck?
This looks really sweet as a control finisher.
Onderzeeboot
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A 2/4 flying is not useless, but this definitely is the most feast or famine Ascend design we've seen so far. Super good effect once you get the city's blessing!
Yeah it's certainly not for every format, but I think ascend should play well in mine. I don't know that it has legs if you're very much further up in power level, though.
Chris Taylor
Contributor
Well, it does have wings, so maybe it'll be okay
Laz
Developer
Actually, based upon the art, it looks like it has neither wings nor legs.
Onderzeeboot
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Is... is this reasonable in green ramp strategies?
I can imagine this goes pretty well together with Life from the Loam, but how many additional lands are you realistically playing off of a turn 3 Explore in normal decks?
I can imagine this goes pretty well together with Life from the Loam, but how many additional lands are you realistically playing off of a turn 3 Explore in normal decks?